Khe Sanh Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][Em][D]
[C][G][Am][D]

[Verse 1]
I [Em]left my heart to the [C]sappers round
Khe [G]Sanh[C][G][D]
And the [Em]soul was sold with my [C]cigarettes
to [D]the black [G]market [D]man[B]
I've had the [Em]Vietnam cold [C]turkey
From the [G]ocean to the [C]Silver City
And [G]it's [Am]only other [F]vets
could under[D]stand[G][D]

[Verse 2]
About the [Em]long [D]forgotten [C]dockside
quaran[G]tees[C][G][D]
How there were [Em]no V-day he[C]roes
in [D]nineteen [G]seventhy-[D]three
[B]How we [Em]sailed into Sydney [C]Harbor
I saw an [G]old friend but I couldn't [C]kiss her
[G]She was [Am]lined,
and I was [D]home to the lucky [G]land[C][G][D]

[Verse 3]
And she was [Em]like so many [C]more
from that time [G]on[C][G][D]
Their [Em]lives were all so [C]empty,
till they [D]found their [G]chosen [D]one[B]
And their [Em]legs were often [C]open
But their [G]minds were always [C]closed
And [G]their [Am]hearts were held in
[F]fast suburban [D]chains

[Verse 4]
And the [Em]legal pads were [C]yellow,
hours [G]long, pay [C]packet [G]lean[D]
And the [Em]telex writers [C]clattered
where the [D]gunships [G]once had [D]been[B]
[Em]Car parks made me [C]jumpy
And I [G]never stopped the [C]dreams
[G]Or the [Am]growing need for [D]speed
and Novo[G]caine[C][G][D]

[Verse 5]
So I [Em]worked across the [C]country for
end to [G]end[C][G]
[D]Tried to [Em]find a place to [C]settle down,
where my [D]mixed up [G]life could [D]mend
I [B]held a [Em]job on an o[C]il-rig
Flying [G]choppers when I [C]could
Oh [G]but the [Am]nightlife nearly
[F]drove me round the [D]bend

[Verse 6]
And I've [Em]traveled round the [C]world
from year to [G]year[C][G][D]
And [Em]each one found me [C]aimless,
one more [D]year the [G]more for [D]wear
And [B]I've been [Em]back to South East [C]Asia
But the [G]answer sure ain't [C]there
But [G]I'm [Am]drifting north,
to [D]check things out again,
[G]Yes[C] I [G]am[D]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][C][G][C][G][D]
[Em][C][D][G][D][B]
[Em][C][G][C][G]
[Am][D][G][C][G][D]

[Chorus 1]
Well the [Em]the last plane out of S[C]ydney's
almost [G]gone[D]
And only [Em]seven flying [C]hours,
and I'll be [D]landing [G]in Hong [D]Kong[B]
There ain't [Em]nothing like the [C]kisses
From a [G]jaded Chinese [C]princess
I'm [G]gonna [Am]hit some Hong Kong
drove [F]mattress all night [D]long[G][D]

[Chorus 2]
Well the [Em]the last plane out of S[C]ydney's
almost [G]gone[D]
You know the [Em]last plane out of [C]Sydney's
almost [D]gone[G][D][B]
And it's [Em]really got me [C]worried
I'm goin' [G]nowhere and I'm in a [C]hurry
[G]And the [Am]last plane out of [D]Sydney's
almost [G]gone[C][G][D]

[Chorus 3]
Well the [Em]last plane out of [C]Sydney's
almost [G]gone[C][G][D]
You know the [Em]last plane out of [C]Sydney's
almost [D]gone[G][D][B]
And it's [Em]really got me [C]worried
I'm goin' [G]nowhere and I'm in a [C]hurry
You [G]know the [Am]last plane out of [D]Sydney's
almost [G]gone[C][G][C][G]